Lutjanus malabaricus

Lutjanus malabaricus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species:
L. malabaricus
Binomial name
Lutjanus malabaricus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Sparus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Mesoprion dodecacanthus Bleeker, 1853
  • Lutjanus dodecacanthus (Bleeker, 1853)

Lutjanus malabaricus, the Malabar blood snapper, saddletail snapper, large-mouthed nannygai, large-mouthed sea-perch, Malabar snapper, nannygai, red bass, red bream, red emperor, red Jew, red snapper, saddletail seaperch, scarlet emperor or scarlet sea-perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, where it is found east to Fiji and Japan.